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Good Morning Mission – in the Pink!

by Lydia Chávez July 27, 2015, 7:00 amJune 22, 2025, 5:09 pm

Photo by Lydia Chávez

Right now it is 60° with a high of 70° – the forecast for the next ten days is here.

Today’s block: Guerrero to Pearl with a cul-de-sac created by Pink Alley/Street and Duboce to Market. These were taken on Sunday and so I ran into runners in the SF Marathon. But, most interesting was Pink St/Alley and its uneven, brick surface.

There are only a handful of blocks left, so take a look at the map and let us know if you want to claim one of them. We’re at info@missionlocal.com.

You can see a map of all of the blocks here.

Heading East on Duboce from Guerrero. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Medival on Duboce Photo by Lydia Chávez

Secret on Duboce Photo by Lydia Chávez

Pearl. I imagine the window open and this fragrant smell coming in. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Well kept front on Pearl. Photo by Lydia Chávez — Well kept fronts on Pearl. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Pink Street in the sign, Pink Alley in the Cement. It's all the same. Photo by Lydia Chávez — Pink Street in the sign, Pink Alley in the Cement. It’s all the same. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Photo by Lydia Chávez

This is it, cobbled, Pink Street/Alley. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Pink St. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Meters on Pink St. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Leaving Pearl and Looking West on Market St. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Hello there. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Yes, we get it. Liquor. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Turn at Guerrero and the marathon runners are out. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Looking south on Guerrero Photo by Lydia Chávez

Cyclist on the sidewalk. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Nice window. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Coming toward Duboce Again. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Duboce and Runners again. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Lydia ChávezFounder/Editor

lydia.chavez@missionlocal.com

I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

As founder and an editor at ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.

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Charlene Gurtisen (MAIDEN NAME) says:

May 22, 2026, 8:41 pm at 8:41 pm

Thanks so much for the images/photos of pink alley as I grew up in 1851 market st (flat) through the 60’s-1975. I knew the Bohners who were the owners of the building and were the old German sho maker in his shop on street level as we were close and spent xmas. Also Frank in store next door who taught me chinese. A Gypsy family lived in the apt on Pink ally who I had a crush on one of the boys as I made teenager. My grandmother lived in the apt @ corner of Pink & Pearl st your picture shows her window,,,, thanks so much for the wonderful memories.

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